Club Gathering at BoA Spring 2011

It has been announced that there is to be a spring Moulton Bicycle Club gathering at Bradford on Avon in April 2011.

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This has been arranged following the success of last years gathering to celebrate Dr Alex Moulton's 90th Birthday.

Full details will appear in the upcoming edition of the Moultoneers, and on the members area of the Club Website.

So if you haven't yet joined the Moulton Bicycle Club or renewed your membership, now is the perfect time to do so.

Please Note: A strict "Members Only" policy will be implemented at this event. There will be NO overnight camping or motor home parking at the Hall for this event. All members must book their own accomodation, if required.

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Website Changes

I'm pleased to announce that the Moulton Buzz website is now the main Moulton Bicycle Club website!

The previous club website will remain in place, mainly to provide access for club members to features such as the members forum, Moultoneer magazine downloads, classifieds, and the events calendar.
You can access the club members website using the link http://members.moultoneers.info

The link http://www.moultoneers.info will direct to this site, although it may take a few days for this to happen.

This site will continue to be available at http://www.moultonbuzz.com

There may be a few teething issues as the changes come into place. If you notice anything amiss, or simply want to make a suggestion or leave feedback, please email webmaster@moultonbuzz.com or by leaving a comment.

Moulton TSR 2

The Moulton TSR 2 Specification has been released. This model features a 2 speed Sturmey Archer S2C hub, with kick-back shifting and a coaster (or back pedal-) brake. This means that there are no cables running to the rear wheel, and allows the frame to be split more quickly for storage and transportation.

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The initial prototypes, which were shown last year, featured a belt drive, eliminating the maintenance and dirt associated with chain drives.

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However, the production TSR 2 is available with a choice of either belt drive or a standard chain drive. The belt drive model features a Delta 11mm belt, 67 tooth chainring and 25 tooth sprocket, providing approximately 50.6 and 69.9 inches.

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The chain drive features a 44 tooth chainring and 17 tooth sprocket, giving gears of approximately 48.9 inches and 67.5 inches.

The TSR 2 weights 12kgs, and also features folding pedals and Avid Single Digit 5 front V-brakes.

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The Moulton Bicycle Company Website says

Beautiful simplicity - the TSR 2 features the new Sturmey-Archer 'kick-shift' two-speed gear with an integrated back-pedal brake, and belt-drive. Two well-spaced ratios keep you moving through city streets - no shifters, no cable, no adjustment.

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Alex Moulton TSR 2 - Belt Drive, Sturmey Archer S2C

Moulton Campag Sprocket Set: Up to 11, down to 10

The new Moulton Campagnolo compatible 11 speed sprocket set was on show at Cycle 2010. The press release is below:

The Moulton Bicycle Company is presenting their new eleven speed sprocket set to the public for the first time at Cycle 2010.
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Designed to be fitted to the iconic, small-wheeled, Moulton bicycle, this new sprocket set is notable for its lightweight construction and a smallest sprocket with 10 teeth.

Tipping the scales at under 110g, this new sprocket set is CNC machined in three parts:

  • The two smallest sprockets are hardened steel
  • The next five sprockets are titanium
  • The final four (largest) sprockets are ceramic-coated aluminium.

This Campagnolo-compatible sprocket set is available in a 10-28 ratio, with single-tooth jumps between the smaller sprockets: 10-11-12-13-14-15-16-18-21-24-28. Whilst giving high gearing for small wheels, this avoids the inefficiency inherent with 9-tooth sprockets, and large gear jumps that have been an unlikeable feature of some previous sprocket sets.

The new Moulton sprocket set is available only from The Moulton Bicycle Company and its distributors and dealers worldwide.

Moulton bicycles are exhibiting their range of British-built, small-wheeled, full suspension bicycles on stand D26 at the London Cycle Show, Earl's Court, on the 7th-10th October 2010 (7th - trade only).

Notes
Dr Alex Moulton patented the small-sprocket freewheel back in 1970 after devising new tooth profiles to ensure correct chain engagement (wrap), shifting and durability with sprockets as small as nine teeth. Many Moulton bicycles produced since then have featured sprockets with low tooth counts.

The original press release can be seen in this photo from Bike Hugger on Flickr
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